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Outreach and Workshops
Outreach is a service provided to assist
with the personal development of students. We offer workshops and programs
that focus on relevant issues that students face on a daily basis. These
issues include but are not limited to stress management, relationships,
adjusting to college, depression, and substance abuse.
If you are interested in having us conduct an outreach program or workshop
for your class, residents or organization please complete a
Workshop Request Form
and submit it to the Counseling Center via email or fax. Of course you may also
call the Counseling Center and speak directly to our staff about your request.
The Counseling Center makes a strong effort to meet all requests for our
programs. In order to best meet your needs we ask that you provide the Center
with at least two weeks advance notice when requesting programs.
Don't Cancel That Class Series
(Outreach in the Class)
The Counseling Center program
"Don't Cancel That Class Series" is a series of psycho educational workshops
designed to support teaching faculty, provide students with co-curricular
learning experiences, and extend the Counseling Center's efforts to reach
students.
The workshops address topics
such as adjusting to college, dealing with procrastination, stress management,
student mental health issues, substance abuse education, and developing healthy
relationships. If a course instructor is unable to lecture on a given day, she
or he can request that a Counseling Center staff member come to this lecture
section and present one of these workshops
Depression
and Anxiety Screening Days
During both the fall and spring
semesters the Counseling Center conducts outreach programs that provide students
with the opportunity to complete a brief screening for depression and anxiety
and receive educational materials on these topics.
From the screening students are
provided with feedback regarding the likelihood that they might have depression
and/or a problem with anxiety. At the screenings students are able to schedule
follow-up meetings with our counselors to gain a better understanding of the
extent of their problems and learn more about how to receive assistance for
depression and anxiety problems.
Counseling Center Workshops
Stress Management
GOALS/OBJECTIVES
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Help participants gain an understanding of the different
types of stress
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Assist participants in understanding the importance of
managing stress and the impact that it has on daily and long term life
goals
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Provide participants with tools and skills to manage stress
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Help participants develop an action plan so that they can
deal better with stress
Adjusting to College?
GOALS/OBJECTIVES
- Help students understand importance of adjusting to
college adaptively
- Help students understand their unique styles of adjusting
to college
- Help students realize the expectations and perceptions
they have of themselves
- Have students complete the Life Events Survey to assess
possible current levels of life stress
- Help students identify strategies to better adjust to
college
Relationship Building
GOALS /OBJECTIVES
- Have participants clarify how they define dating
- Have participants understand what qualities are in
healthy relationships
- Have participants understand what qualities they want in
a partner
- Have participants understand the types of qualities they
want to bring to their relationships
Dating Violence/ Sexual Assault Risk Reduction Workshop
GOALS/OBJECTIVES
- To have participants explore what their attitudes and
beliefs are about sexual assault, in the context of both moral and legal issues
- Identify factors associated with sexual assault risk
reduction
Discuss partner violence because sexual assault can be
one manifestation of partner violence
- Understand signs and symptoms associated with having
gone through a traumatic experience
- Identify how to help a friend who has been sexually
assaulted
- Identify resources that are available to help someone
who has been sexually assaulted
Coping with Procrastination
GOALS/OBJECTIVES
- Participants will develop a greater awareness of their
procrastination
- Participants will weigh the costs and benefits of
changing their procrastination pattern.
- Participants will build their motivation to change their
procrastination pattern.
- Participants will broaden and enhance their time
management skills and work habits so that they are further empowered to meet rigorous academic
demands.
- Participants will create a personalized action plan for
changing their procrastination pattern.
- Students will experience an increased sense of
self-efficacy in the academic arena.
Campus Life and Mental Health
GOALS/ OBJECTIVES
- Students will understand mental health issues they or
their peers might face
- Students will be educated about the steps the
University takes if a student is emotionally distressed to the extent that they may be a danger to
themselves or to the safety of other students.
- Students will learn how to get help for themselves or who
to contact to consult with about a friend’s emotional problems.
Alcohol/Drug Education Workshop
GOALS/ OBJECTIVES
- Help participants understand effects of alcohol and
marijuana use
- Elucidate symptoms of alcohol poisoning
- Impart ways to get help for alcohol poisoning
- Provide background information on various drugs (e.g.,
recognizing substance abuse, preventing date rape)
- Help participants understand how substance use can impact
the achievement of short- and long- term goals
- Help participants explore alternatives to alcohol and
drug use
Dealing with Anger: Do You Want a Piece of This?
GOALS/ OBJECTIVES
- Help participants understand what anger
- Help participants understand their own anger better
(e.g., what makes them angry, or “triggers”)
- Help participants realize whether or not they need
help with their anger
- Impart ways for participants to deal more effectively
with anger
Managing the Winter Holiday Blues
GOALS/ OBJECTIVES
- Normalize the experience of the holiday blues
- Help participants go into the winter holiday season with
realistic expectations
- Provide participants with ways to deal with the holiday
blues
Be President of Your Own Fan Club
GOALS/OBJECTIVES
- Challenge participants to accept and love themselves
- Help participants to develop a list of the things about
them that are wonderful and share those lists with the group
- Using interactive discussion and music, encourage
participants to celebrate their own unique abilities
Address: 116A Bowser Building
Phone: (757) 823-8173
Fax: (757) 823-2237
Hours: 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
After Hours: Call NSU Police Department at 823-9000 to gain access to the on-call counselor
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